This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the Southern Sea Otter will remain on the endangered species list due to the ongoing threats they face. The Southern Sea Otter, prevalent ...

VENTURA, Calif. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that southern sea otters will retain their threatened species status under the Endangered Species Act after an in-depth review. "While ...

Despite recent efforts by sea urchin harvesters to reduce protections for southern sea otters under the Endangered Species Act, the species is still at risk, federal officials say. The fuzzy marine ...

A polar bear on Barter Island, near Kaktovik. (Lisa Hupp/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is beginning its next review of polar bears' status under the Endangered ...

Southern sea otters, which often make their home off the Ventura County coast, will keep their status as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced ...

Mesopelagic fish, long overlooked in ocean chemistry, are now proven to excrete carbonate minerals much like their shallow-water counterparts—despite living in dark, high-pressure depths. Using the ...

ABOARD THE NORTHERN HAWK, Bering Sea — Some 400 miles northwest of Dutch Harbor, Bering Sea pollock congregated in spectacular fashion. In the wheelhouse of this factory trawler, Captain Jim Egaas ...

The genetically isolated Australian sea lion is believed to number 6,500 mature individuals in a decreasing global population throughout Western and South Australia and is endangered by the IUCN and ...

The deep sea contains more than 90% of the water in our oceans, but only about a third of all fish species. Scientists have long thought the explanation for this was intuitive -- shallow ocean waters ...

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